Letters to the Editor
lburgler
Published Letters: 51 Editor's Choice: 1
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the dirge of defeat. buck up, garrison!
[Read the article: The urge to compete]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]ever heard of david hume?
he was a huge loser. by huge, i mean in every kind of magnitude. he was fat, and his colleagues thought he might be retarded because he ate like a pig and talked like a lunatic.
anyway. among other things, hume's ethical theory, which in a nutshell describes reason as "a slave to the passions," digresses into an excellent account of why witty revenge is so much more effective than "pulling hair out by the roots."
when you go ape shit, it's clear that the offender has affected you deeply, and "gotten the better of you." when you deftly insult, however, it's clear that not only can you recognize insult, but you have the largess to maintain your composure through it.
now, had you tripped the red head ever so smoothly: "why, i'm sorry, i didn't see you there..." you would be writing a much FUNNIER article, that practised what it preaches.
as it is, you're cool, but still preaching the same WE SHALL OVERCOME, residual-catholic, non-violent bullshit that reminds me of a childhood game. the wise ass says, "lets jump [into the freezing cold pool] on the count of three." one, two...
and the wise ass is still standing there when everyone else buoys screaming and gasping.
i'm sure your richer, more cutthroat friends are pleased as punch that their academic/booky counterparts are preaching "stand your ground." that way they can get a head start. or better yet, widen their lead.
consider that Martin Luther King's march on Washington brought with it the VERY REAL THREAT OF LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE.
King himself did not preach violence, but don't let the sanitized version of history fool you.
people were scared shitless. and that's why the losers got the rights they were whining for.
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The Tipping Point
[Read the article: Slick John McCain and the offshore oil ruse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The tipping point is around the corner, and we're STILL having this discussion?
So, my kid has 105 degree fever, and I'm not sure if I even believe in fevers, or in reality for that matter, or the non-belief in non-reality for that matter, or non-matter, I should say. But just in case, let's give him tylenol in like, oh, I don't know...let's think about it... would it be cheaper to give him tylenol, or the generic brand, and if the generic brand, how can I be sure it will work, or that it won't kill him...
Oh wait. He's dead. OOPS.
We are so fucked. Fucked beyond all recognition.
Get ready y'all. The second half of the Titanic is about to go under.
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Old Fuckers
[Read the article: Slick John McCain and the offshore oil ruse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And by the way, old people, when it comes time to riot and run, NOBODY is helping you.
You have known this was coming in a serious way for years and did nothing, instead preferring to run the waste machinery full throttle to accumulate capital that rightly belongs to future generations. And for what? So you can have tacky, flaccid sex with your robo-servant wives, who would then pump out the whores you'll be ogling in 15 years, all the while the water sours and the air thickens, and you said nothing, did nothing.
Well you better hope the predictions are wrong, because if this all goes down like Gore or Lynas say it's going to go down, we are headed for panic like you've never known. And anyone over 30 is just dead weight.
Look at the bright side: we'll finally be putting you out of your complacent and utterly disgusting misery
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PBS
[Read the article: Isn't she lovely?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's assuming that "great white Middle America" was watching PBS instead of the swill on channels 2-7.
That's assuming that "great white Middle America" even knew the DNC was on T.V.
That's assuming that "great white Middle America" even knows what the DNC is, THAT it is.